'Koothu' is a mono-act, in which a
single actor, the 'Chakyar', acts the role of all the characters, to the accompaniments of
the 'Mizhavu' played by the Nambiar and the cymbals by the Nangiar. The Chakyar expounds
puranic stories, drawing parallels from contemporary life, in order to emphasize a point or
relate a moral from the story he narrates.
